The Prop 8 Trial: Day Ten

The Courage Campaign, FDL, and San Jose Mercury News live-blogged. Live-tweets here. Transcripts here. Margaret Talbot previewed the defense's case yesterday. The Mercury News describes the testimony of defense witness Kenneth Miller, a Claremont McKenna professor:

Kenneth Miller, a Claremont McKenna politics professor, is walking Judge Vaughn Walker through evidence Proposition 8 backers insist shows that gay and lesbian political clout is on the rise, contrary to an expert presented last week by lawyers for same-sex couples seeking the right to marry. Miller focused on the power of the Democratic Party in California, and testified that most of the state's leading politicians, to one degree or another, are strong supporters of gay and lesbian rights, ranging from Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer to Attorney General (and would-be governor) Jerry Brown. He said newspapersand the entertainment industry support gay rights in the state, as do labor unions.

Timothy Kincaid's summary is here. Brian Leubitz thinks that Miller has been a net loss for the defense so far.